Gibara

Gibara is a town and municipality in the Province of Holguin in northern Cuba. The town was once home to a Spanish Navy fort that was destroyed by pirates in the 1716 Battle of Gibara, and it became a pirate haven, remaining a pirate base until the end of the Golden Age of Piracy. On 16 January 1817, a town was established, and it grew to have a population of 72,810 people in 2004.